I get it in principle, but didn't the guy say it wasn't anything they could deal with? I don't know who the publisher of this or anything.
Either way, reviews all seem to indicate that it's broken as fuck, so I think maybe you guys are asking for a discount on something you probably don't even really want at this point. Which is maybe serendipitous in a weird way?
If it gets officially fixed, great.
If modders fixed it, then great.
If it works or runs better when more newer hardware is out there and that's the biggest problem right now, then great.
At least this Deathinitive Edition is actually out there on the PC.
If Nordic doesn't make this right for me, fine - I'll likely catch it in way later in another Nordic Humble Bundle, on a steep discount, or something of that sort.
EDIT:
Yeah, Cobra. People spew a lot of stuff of all sorts of forums. Internet anonymity can often bring out the worst in people.
@Que:
Nordic Games implied it was an issue on Valve's end. I think it has to do with the Darksiders Franchise Pack belonging specifically to Nordic Games but the individual content (Darksiders, Darksiders 2, Darksiders 2 Season Pass) originally belonged to THQ. Still, since Nordic now effectively owns he rights to the franchise they should have better control of the situation.
We can compare and contrast this situation with the Metro Redux remasters.
If recall, Metro Redux (2033 Redux + Las Light Redux) originally went on sale for $50 and if you had only one of the previous Metro games you got a 50% discount ($25) but if you had both games you got a 75% discount ($12.50). They never offered any free entitlements to previous owners or made any other claims. I gladly paid the $12.50 to get the full Redux pack. I wanted to play Metro 2033 Redux since I had not finished the original and the Redux version brought in a lot of the improvements of Last Light (which I loved).
But, that's the thing - w/ Metro Redux, there wasn't any FREE version offered there in this mix for old version owners or really say a possible tiered-nonsense check to see on Darksiders 2 if you say have 10-15 DLC's for Steam to check if you own them to get a discount on Deathinitive. I can understand say Nordic or Steam might not want to do such a crazy check - so they should've went w/ something more basic.
Discount Darksiders 2: Deathinitive to Darksiders 2 base-game owners at a cheap price - i.e. make it so insanely cheap (i.e. think say $1 or less), so it'd move lots of volumes, units, and get major interest & actually fund some of Darksiders 3. Instead, this has instead turned into a PR nightmare.
With the Darksiders 2 Deathinitive Edition (DS2DE) fiasco, there's more to the lash back from customers than simply wanting something for free. There's an underlying sense of unfairness particularly to the early adopters. Nordic Games offered DS2DE as a free entitlement to all owners of the previous content on Steam and GOG.com, however, on Steam it was only given to those who specifically purchased the Darksiders Franchise Pack. Of course, everyone who already had the content didn't need to buy it. Yet somehow those dedicated people, many of whom paid full price for both Darksiders games and the Season pass, are not entitled to it but anyone who bought the Franchise Pack for a $5 during a Steam sale get a free update to DS2DE. Even though they all have the same content. It's just unfair.
Also keep in mind on GOG - Nordic published Darksiders 2 + DLC Pack, not THQ.